And ceased. — Better rendered, and they sat down. The Hebrew word here has been variously translated. Bunsen suggests, “and they waited modestly for an answer;” the Vulg., followed by some scholars, has “and they were silent.”
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1 Samuel 25:9
9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.d